Trump called Massie a ‘third rate grandstander’ who should be thrown out of the GOP. His primary opponent once called the president 'the epitome of a weak male.'
U.S. Representative Thomas Massie, a bipartisan pariah. Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images In a Republican Party where nearly everyone makes daily sacrifices on the altar of Donald Trump, it’s rare to see two candidates on the president’s enemies list facing off in a primary. But that could be the case in Kentucky, where a June GOP primary will pit Congressman Thomas Massie against challenger Todd McMurtry.
Naturally, this incident has led political observers to wonder if Republican voters in Massie’s district will heed their king’s advice. The Wall Street Journal reports that Massie’s intraparty opponent is feeling his oats: Defending a religious-school student wearing a MAGA hat at an anti-abortion rally in a high-profile legal fight with CNN is about as good as it gets when it comes to conservative street cred. And McMurtry is doing everything he can to pose as the saintly president’s champion:
But if McMurtry’s name is familiar to political junkies in any context other than his successful fight with CNN, it’s for supplying the raw material for a another Massie stunt earlier this year that was nearly as strange as holding up a unanimous vote in the House. Politico had the story at the time:
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